Clause Structure and Word Order in the History of German

Contributor(s): Jäger, Agnes (Editor), Ferraresi, Gisella (Editor), Weiß, Helmut (Editor)

ISBN: 9780198813545

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Hardcover

$180.00

Pub Date: May 22, 2018

Dewey: 430

LCCN: 2017950124

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 9.30" L x 6.30" W ( 1.75 lbs) 424 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This volume presents the first comprehensive generative account of the historical syntax of German. Leading scholars in the field survey a range of topics and offer new insights into multiple central aspects of clause structure and word order, including verb placement, adverbial connectives, pronominal syntax, and information-structural factors.